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Homer’s Iliad
they that were princes among us are lying struck down and
wounded at the hands of the Trojans, who are waxing stronger and
stronger. But save me and take me to your ship; cut out the arrow
from my thigh; wash the black blood from off it with warm water,
and lay upon it those gracious herbs which, so they say, have been
shown you by Achilles, who was himself shown them by Chiron,
most righteous of all the centaurs. For of the physicians Podalirius
and Machaon, I hear that the one is lying wounded in his tent and
is himself in need of healing, while the other is fighting the Trojans
upon the plain.”
“Hero Eurypylus,” replied the brave son of Menoetius, “how may
these things be? What can I do? I am on my way to bear a message
to noble Achilles from Nestor of Gerene, bulwark of the Achaeans,
but even so I will not be unmindful your distress.”
With this he clasped him round the middle and led him into the
tent, and a servant, when he saw him, spread bullock-skins on the
ground for him to lie on. He laid him at full length and cut out the
sharp arrow from his thigh; he washed the black blood from the
wound with warm water; he then crushed a bitter herb, rubbing it
between his hands, and spread it upon the wound; this was a
virtuous herb which killed all pain; so the wound presently dried
and the blood left off flowing.
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